Horse-boot.



No. 863,336. PATENTED AUG. 18, 1907. M. WEISS.

HORSE BOOT. APPLIOATION 11.51) MAY 24, 1907.

A TTORNEYS- MARTIN WEISS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HORSE-BOOT.

Specification of Letters Iatent.

Patented Au 13, 1907.

Application filed May 24,1907. Serial No. 375,436.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, h/IARTIN Wniss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Horse-Boots, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the invention is to provide a metal boot for horses adapted to be worn over the shoe, and means whereby the boot can be quickly and conveniently applied when needed and as expeditiously and readily removed when not needed.

A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the boot that it will be simple, substantial and economic, and so that it will effectively prevent the horse from slipping even when traveling over an exceedingly slippery road; and it is also a purpose of the invention to so construct the boot that it will not be cumbersome, and will not in any manner interfere with the motion of the horse.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures. L

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of hoof and the improved boot applied thereto; and Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the improved boot.

A represents a portion of the hoof of a horse, and B the usual metal shoe applied to the hoof in the customary manner.

The improved boot consists of a bottom plate 10 made of metal, which plate is provided at its forward central portion with an upwardly extending toe clip 11 having a corresponding inward curvature to the curvature of the ordinary toe clip 12 for the shoe B,

but the toe clip 11 of the boot is wider and extends further up than does the clip 12 for the shoe, and the upper end of the toe clip 11 of the boot engages with the hoof A, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1.

In addition to the toe clip 11, the plate 10 is provided with side clips 13 that extend upward and somewhat inward a sufficient distance to pass and engage with the shoe B at its outer side faces, and to engage with the hoof A at the point above the shoe. The side clips 13 are located at points between the center of the plate 10 and its forward portion, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2, and the clips 11 and 13 are integral with the plate 10 extending from the marginal portion thereof.

The bottom plate is equally cut away at each side, commencing at a point to the rear of the side clips, and the rear end portion of the plate 10 is formed into a tongue 15, and a bolt 16 is either secured to this tongue or constitutes an integral portion thereof. Spurs or,

pins 17 extend from the bottom portion of the bottom plate 10, as is particularly shown in Fig. 2, and in the preferred arrangement of these pins or spurs sundry of them are segmentally arranged, so as to occupy a position adjacent the toe portion of the shoe B when the boot is in position on the hoof of the animal, while another pin or spur is located adjacent to each side clip 13 and other pins or spurs are located between the side clips and the toe clip 11.

The bottom plate, or practically the body plate for the boot, is held in position over the shoe B and in position relatively to the hoof A, by means of a heel clamp G. This heel clamp C is rectangular and is of sufficient length to receive within a chamber 18 formed therein, the heel points or sections 19 of the shoe B, as is best shown in Fig. 2, and the bolt 16 is passed through a suitable opening in the central portion of the back member 20 of the heel clamp C, and at its other end the bolt is provided with a suitable nut 21.

In addition to the back member 20 of the heel clamp, said heel clamp consists of a top member 22 and end members 23, which end members are inclined from the top downwardly in direction of the rear member 20, as is shown in Fig. 1, so that a maximum bearing is obtained for the heel sections 19 of the shoe, and a proper bearing is likewise obtained at the bottom portion of the said heel clamp, which latter bearing is made narrower than the upper portion of the heel clamp in order to be more effective in breaking up slippery surfaces. Thus it will be observed that the heel clamp C is open at the front but is closed at its back, its ends and top.

In operation it is simply necessary when the boot is to be applied to adjust the body plate 10 to the forward portion of the shoe B, and the hoof A and then place the heel clamp O in position in engagement with the rear ends of the shoe, and finally the nut 21 is screwed firmly upon the bolt 16 after the latter has been passed through the said heel clamp.

It is evident that the boot can be readily removed when not needed, since it is only necessary then to unscrew the nut 21 and remove the heel clamp, whereupon the body of the boot will readily leave the foot of the animal.

It is also evident that these boots may be carried readily in a vehicle so as to be at hand for service whenever needed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,'

1. A horse boot, comprising a bottom plate, spurs extending down therefrom, a top clip and side clips extendin; upward from the margin of the plate, a heel clamp having a hack member, a top meniber'and end members, the said clamp being open at the front forming a chamber adapted to receive the ends of the horse shoe, and a locking connection between the back member of the heel clamp and the said body plate.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, a horse boot, comprising a body plate, spurs extending downward from the said body plate, a toe and side clips extending upward from the marginal portion of the said body plate, a bolt at the rear end of the body plate, a heel clamp having a back member, a top member and end members, the clamp being open at the front to receive the rear ends of a horse shoe the back member being provided with a passage for the said bolt, and the end members being inclined from the top downwardly in direction of the back member, and a locking means for the bolt.

3. A horse boot, consisting; of a bottom plate having a series of spurs or pins extending from its under face, a

toe clip extending upward from the forward central portion of its margin, side clips also extending upward from the margin of the said plate at a point between the central portion of the said plate and the toe clip, the rear end portion of the said plate being contracted, a bolt secured to the contracted portion of the body plate, a heel clamp comprising a closed top, back and end portions, the length of the heel clamp being such as to receive within its chamber the rear ends of the shoe, the rear member of the heel clamp being provided with an opening for the passage of the said bolt, and a nut screwed on the said bolt to a hearing against the rear member of the heel clamp.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTIN WEISS, Witnesses MoRITz MEHRER, I. WAssnns'rnoM. 

